270 Illegal Immigrants Sent to Prison in Federal Push

NY Times ^ | Published: May 24, 2008 | By JULIA PRESTON

[DeaconBenjamin]

Quality control is really low in the New York Times on a weekend. They use the term illegal immigrants -- in a headline!

[MrEdd]

Its the layoffs.

[MarineBrat]

If there could be headlines like this every day for a few years it would solve so many problems.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Count on the Des Moines Register to kick into full weep mode Sunday.

[TADSLOS]

Claude Arnold, a special agent in charge of investigations for Immigration and Customs Enforcement, said it showed that federal officials were “committed to enforcing the nation’s immigration laws in the workplace to maintainrepair the integrity of the immigration system.”

[devane617]

So, are they going to be deported? Set free after time?

[tvdog12345]

270 down, 19,999,730 to go.

[Be_Politically_Erect]

One thing missing from the prosecution...the CEO of Agriprocessors.

[TADSLOS]

One thing missing from the prosecution...the CEO of Agriprocessors.

He's hard to track down. The McCain Straight Talk Express bus is constantly on the move.

[DeaconBenjamin]

One thing missing from the prosecution...the CEO of Agriprocessors.

No charges have been brought against managers or owners at Agriprocessors, but there were indications that prosecutors were also preparing a case against the company. In pleading guilty, immigrants had to agree to cooperate with any investigation.

[HiJinx]

Ping!

Good - now these folks will have committed a felony the next time they cross the border.

That’ll show ‘em who’s boss.

[DeaconBenjamin]

So, are they going to be deported? Set free after time?

prosecutors had denied them probation and insisted the immigrants serve prison time and agree to a rarely used judicial order for immediate deportation upon their release, signing away their rights to go to immigration court.

[Be_Politically_Erect]

I sure hope they follow through. Start handing down steep fines and jail sentences to the employers and the illegals will find the job opportunity pool has dried up virtually overnight.

[org.whodat]

Now juan will have to rewrite his amnesty bill to exempt these criminals.

[Dr.Zoidberg]

270 down, 19,999,730 to go.

I personally believe you're off by some 15-20 million.

Still, for now it's a handful fewer until they get out of jail and then come waltzing back across the border in a few months.

[Eric in the Ozarks]

The IRS reported more than 1000 Social Security number discrepancies from 2002-2005 at Postville, IA. How hard would it be to make a case ?

[JohnBovenmyer]

Not just the Register. Pretty much all the Iowa media coverage I’ve seen of this weeps enough to need sandbags. Everybody in town is reportedly scared the Feds are coming. What do they have to be scared about if they’re legal? There were a bunch of support meetings scheduled in the area. They easily could have picked up more illegals by raiding them, but then the press would really have gone ballistic. I don’t expect their editorial coverage to change until the Register, etc. imports some inexpensive illegals to take over some reporting jobs and they turn out to be conservatives.

[EagleUSA]

270 down, 19,999,730 to go.
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Exactly. It is all tokenism. The border is not fixed. The mass of illegals is not fixed. The cost to the country’s REAL CITIZEN taxpayers is not fixed. The Border Patrol is not allowed to do its job properly. The list goes on.

Pure TOKENISM.

[umgud]

Does any US citizen doubt they’d be nailed to the wall for identity theft? The majority of illegals have been using fake docs or stolen ID’s for years with impugnity. It’s time they got what was coming to them.

[Guenevere]

..and do you think US citizens would get only 5 months for the same conviction?

No!...we would be left to rot in jail like Ramos and Campean.

Think about this...

..these illegals stole identities and lied to authorities....5 months in jail.

Ramos and Compean tried to protect & defend against lying, thieving, stealing, smuggling crooks...

..and they're left to rot in jail.

No 5 months for them.

This is only a spit in the bucket....it's not Bush getting tough at all.